Which came first? · Counterintuitive
Which came first: The Little Prince or the shopping trolley?
The shopping trolley came first, in 1937 (invented). The Little Prince followed 6 years later, in 1943 (published).
- Second1943
The Little Prince
book · publishedThe Little Prince was first published in 1943 in New York, in English and French.
- First1937
The shopping trolley
invention · inventedSylvan Goldman invented the shopping trolley in 1937 for his Humpty Dumpty supermarket chain in Oklahoma.
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Years from Wikidata, each checked against the item’s English Wikipedia article on 2026-10-18. A year stands for what its label says: a founding, a first patent, a premiere.